Primary and nursery education teaching professionals

Average National Salaries (2020)

What does this career do?

Primary (and middle school deemed primary) and nursery education teaching professionals plan, organise and provide instruction to children at all levels up to the age of entry into secondary education.

Typical tasks

• prepares and delivers courses and lessons in accordance with curriculum requirements and teaches a range of subjects
• prepares, assigns and corrects exercises and examinations to record and evaluate students’ progress
• prepares students for external examinations and administers and invigilates these examinations
• maintains records of students’ progress and development
• supervises students and maintains classroom discipline
• teaches simple songs and rhymes, reads stories and organises various activities to promote language, social and physical development
• undertakes pastoral duties
• supervises teaching assistants and trainees
• discusses progress with student, parents and/or other education professionals
• assists with or plans and develops curriculum and rota of teaching duties.

Current entry requirements

Entry is with a first degree that provides QTS (qualified teacher status) or, in Scotland, TQ (teaching qualification); or other relevant degree followed by further postgraduate training (most commonly PGCE – Postgraduate Certificate in Secondary Education, or, in Scotland, PGDE – Professional Graduate Diploma in Education). Further and higher professional qualifications are required for some teaching posts.

Percentage in work

• Employed

• Unemployed

Due to insufficient sample sizes, some data was excised.

Predicted employment status in 2022

• Full-time

• Part-time

• Self Employed

Predicted employment levels in the East Midlands

Career related courses available at West Notts

• Online - Access to HE Diploma (Teacher Training) - Level 3
• Working with Children in Early Years and Primary Settings (Intermediate) - Level 2
• English Literature A Level - Level 3
• T Level in Education and Early Years - Level 3

About the statistics

Data is powered by LMI for All and is sourced from labour market statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the Institute for Employment Research, the Department for Works and Pensions, and the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.